Coming this Sunday: Digital Photography for Genealogy On Sunday, 24 February 2008, 1:00-3:00 p.m., the British Isles Family History SocietyUSA will present Digital Photography for Genealogy. The internet and computers are the future of genealogy and digital photography is the means for capturing images to document your genealogy. Less expensive and more convenient than what we had before, digital photography is just the ticket for taking pictures of old documents or old relatives. Reagan has served as a computer support specialist for the City of Gardena, and as an officer for Questing Heirs, BIFHS-USA and South Bay Cities Genealogical Society, where he is currently the leader of the computer Internet Group. He also volunteers at the Torrance Family History Center, where he teaches computer classes. He is a webmaster for the El Redondo Chapter of the DAR as well as his own website at: Michael's Cavalcade of Genealogical Technica. >From 3:30-4:30, Peggy Wishon will lead the English study group on the topic, Expecting the Unexpected. The Art of an Open Mind and Sheer Tenacity in tracing English Ancestors. Focusing on less used English resources and methods, the group will explore selected online resources, Family History Library gems and County Record Office search requests sources such as A2a and (British) National Archives Documents Online, Multimap.com, Stirnet.com, Free BMD Search, Victorian County Histories, etc; Parish Chest items and tax lists from FHL; burials reconsidered; Land records for rich, poor, farmers and merchants; analyzing existing pedigrees, and ordering research in England. Wishon, a part-time professional genealogist for the past ten years, has been doing English and American research since 1986. She has taken classes, attended seminars, read much and experimented a whole lot, and says she is at home with the ordinary sources, but finds expanding into untried sources and methods, plus adding details to the lives of ancestors to be just plain fun. Join us at the Los Angeles Family History Center, 10741 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 (enter from Eastbourne at Manning). Admittance is free and there is plenty of parking. For more information, see www.bifhsusa.org